- Date
- August 6, 1992, 18:34 local (Aug 7, 1992, 02:34 UTC)
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4766ECessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920806029579A
- Case key
- 5767
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Probable cause
The pilot in command/instructor pilot failed to maintain directional control of the airplane during the ground run.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the instructor and the private pilot, just after takeoff power was added, the airplane veered to the right. The left main landing gear then collapsed and the left wing hit the ground. Both pilots were on the controls at the time. Both also said they were in a hurry to takeoff since an airline jet was waiting departure from the same runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4766E
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503872
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Edwin E. Johnson
- Registered owner
- Edwin E. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 1 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KTN · Ketchikan Int'L Airport, runway 29, 7,497 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 9,486 total · 500 in this make and model · 9,139 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 61 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.